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Rough Habit
SireRoughcast (USA)
GrandsireNoholme (AUS)
DamCertain Habit (NZ)
DamsireAshabit (GB)
SexGelding
Foaled(1986-12-02)2 December 1986
Died7 November 2014(2014-11-07) (aged 27)
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay
BreederIsabell Roddick
OwnerJoe Battiston, David Smith, Caryl (Snow) Rackley
TrainerJohn Wheeler
Record74: 29-16-7[1]
EarningsA$3.89 million[1]
Major wins
Queensland Derby (1990)
Sir Byrne Hart Stakes (1991)
Southport Cup (1991, 1992)
Stradbroke Handicap (1991, 1992)
Doomben Cup (1991, 1992, 1993)
Mudgway Stakes (1991)
Captain Cook Stakes (1992)
All-Aged Stakes (1992, 1993)
AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1992)
Caulfield Stakes (1994)
P.J. O'Shea Stakes (1995)
Awards
New Zealand Horse of the Year (1992 & 1995)
New Zealand Racing Hall Of Fame (2012)
Honours
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
Rough Habit Plate at Doomben Racecourse
Last updated on 3 August 2011

Rough Habit (2 December 1986 – 7 November 2014) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 11 Group One (G1) races on both sides of the Tasman, and won New Zealand's Horse of the Year Award in 1992 and 1995.

Background

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Rough Habit, a bay gelding with a distinctive white blaze trailing over his near-side nostril, was foaled on 2 December 1986. He was sired by Roughcast (USA) out of Certain Habit (NZ) by Ashabit (GB). Certain Habit was the dam of 11 named foals produced in Australia and New Zealand, producing 2 stakes winners in Rough Habit and Citi Habit.

Racing record

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Rough Habit was trained by John Wheeler, and had nine campaigns in Australia, from three to eight years of age. He won Group One races in Sydney and Melbourne and six of his 11 Group One races at the Brisbane winter carnivals, where his wins included the Queensland Derby, two Stradbroke Handicaps, and a record three Doomben Cups. Rough Habit won 21 feature races[1] from 1,400 to 2,400 metres, on wet tracks and dry, and was narrowly beaten by fellow New Zealander Solvit in the 1994 Cox Plate. Later in the season, Rough Habit won the O'Shea Stakes, in Brisbane, at his final start in Australia.[2]

Honours

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In retirement, Rough Habit appeared in a set of stamps issued by New Zealand Post in 1996 with fellow champion thoroughbreds Kiwi, Bonecrusher, and Horlicks, and the harness racing champions Blossom Lady and Il Vicolo.[3]

In 2012, Rough Habit was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame at a special awards ceremony in Auckland.[4]

The Brisbane Racing Club holds the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate for three-year-olds, which is run at set weights, and named in his honour.[5]

Death

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Rough Habit died on 7 November 2014, aged 28.[6]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Rough Habit (NZ), 1986[7]
Sire
Roughcast
1978
Noholme Star Kingdom Stardust
Impromptu
Oceana Understanding
Mountain Flower
Bold Empress Bold Ruler Nasrullah
Miss Disco
Magneto Ambiorix
Dynamo
Dam
Certain Habit
1977
Ashabit Habitat Northern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
Asmara Slewpy
Hirondelle
Charlotte Rhodes Lucifer Match II
Brandina
First Fancy Avocat General
Preview

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Rough Habit's career
  2. ^ ASB - Rough Habit (NZ) Retrieved on 2009-6-7
  3. ^ Set of postage stamps featuring Rough Habit (Top right - 80 cents) Archived 2010-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Hall Of Fame spot for Rough Habit". Taranaki Daily News. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Rough Habit Plate". Pro Group Racing. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Star Kiwi galloper Rough Habit dies at 28". horsetalk.co.nz. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Five-generation Pedigree Table: Rough Habit (NZ)". JBIS. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
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